Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to    Carnival PLC
which voting rights are attached:ii                                                     
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          Yes
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification                                   
obligation:iii                                                                          
                                                                   BlackRock, Inc.      
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv                               
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is     13th January 2010     
crossed or reached: v                                                                   
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 14th January 2010     
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii       Holding has gone below 13%
                                                                                        

 

8. Notified details:                                                                    
                                                                                        
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                            
                                                                                        
Class/type   Situation previous to the     Resulting situation after the triggering     
of shares    triggering transaction        transaction                                  
                                                                                        
             Number of   Number of Voting  Number of  Number of voting   % of  voting   
             Shares      Rights            shares     rights             rights x       
if possible                                                                             
using the                                  Direct     Direct  Indirect   Direct Indirect
ISIN CODE                                             xi      xii                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
GB0031215220 19,241,345  19,241,345        N/A        N/A     19,198,989 N/A    11.49%  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of        Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion    Number of voting      % of voting
financial      xiii            Period xiv              rights that may be    rights     
instrument                                             acquired if the                  
                                                       instrument is                    
                                                       exercised/ converted.            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of       Exercise   Expiration  Exercise/        Number of voting     % of voting  
financial     price      date xvii   Conversion       rights instrument    rights xix,  
instrument                           period xviii     refers to            xx           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                           Nominal Delta  
CFD                                                   2,458,000                         
                                                                           1.47% 1.47%  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights           
                                                                                        
21,656,989                                        12.96%                                
                                                                                        

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 21,656,989 (12.96%)                      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                           
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                            
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                   Arnaldo Perez         
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                       1-305-599-2600